Christina C Wee

Biographic Data

ID5488522
NAMEChristina C Wee
GIVEN NAMESChristina C
FAMILY NAMEWee
SIGNATUREWEE C C
AFFILIATIONSChristina C. Wee, Russell S. Phillips, Anna T. R. Legedza, Roger B. Davis, Jane R. Soukup, and MaryBeth Hamel are with the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Graham A. Colditz is with the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
ORCID0000-0002-0439-5746
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX2

  • Patient-physician Language Concordance and Primary Care Screening Among Spanish-speaking Patients

    Pracha Peter Eamranond, Pracha Eamranond et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2011References: 19

    BACKGROUND: Language discordance between patient and physician is associated with worse patient self-reported healthcare quality. As Hispanic patients have low rates of cardiovascular and cancer screening, we sought to determine whether patient-physician language concordance was associated with differences in rates of screening. METHODS: We performed a retrospective medical record review of 101 Spanish-speaking patients cared for by 6 Spanish-spe…

  • Patient-Physician Language Concordance and Lifestyle Counseling Among Spanish-Speaking Patients

    Open AccessPracha Eamranond, Roger B Davis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2009

  • Leveille Et Al. Respond

    Suzanne G Leveille, Christina C Wee et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2006References: 2

    We thank Flegal and her colleagues for their suggestions. As noted in the articles they cite, a number of methods have been proposed for estimating relative risk. There is ongoing debate in the literature about the choice of models and methods to address potential bias in estimates of attributable fractions.1 Measures of attributable risk using the standard formulas must be considered within the limitations of the data and potential biases, as we…

  • After the women’s health initiative

    Open AccessMara A Schonberg, Roger B Davis et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2005

  • Trends in Obesity and Arthritis Among Baby Boomers and Their Predecessors, 1971–2002

    Suzanne G Leveille, Christina C Wee et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Cited by: 4References: 22

    Objectives. We examined trends in obesity and arthritis prevalence among the “baby boom” (born 1946–1965) and “silent” (born 1926–1945) generations. Methods. We conducted birth cohort analyses using successive waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1971–2002). Results. Obesity rates increased markedly, beginning earlier in life with each successive birth cohort. When the members of the silent generation were aged 35–44 yea…

  • Health Care Expenditures Associated With Overweight and Obesity Among US Adults

    Christina C Wee, Richard S Phillips et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Cited by: 6References: 22

    Objectives. We estimated health care expenditures associated with overweight and obesity and examined the influence of age, race, and gender. Methods. Using 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data, we employed 2-stage modeling to estimate annual health care expenditures associated with high body mass index (BMI) and examine interactions between demographic factors and BMI. Results. Overall, the mean per capita annual health care expenditure (c…

  • Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer screening the importance of foreign birth as a barrier to care

    Mita Sanghavi Goel, Christina C Wee et al.ARTICLEJournal of General Internal…2003